How can I write Installation scripts for my LFS-5.1.1 distribution

alihamza · 09-12-2005, 04:59 AM

sir ,
i have build LFS-5.1.1 and now i want to build a distribution of it.
So tell me how can i start . Is there any installation packages available for this...?
or how can write my own installation pachages for it ?

I will be very thankful to you.

freakyg · 09-12-2005, 08:28 AM

the BLFS book or the hints texts should give you ideas on how to do this..........

shotokan · 09-13-2005, 03:11 PM

I took some real thought on this topic my self and i came to the understanding that what's common in distrobutions is they have:

built a working linux system on a bootable CD with a kernel that can handle it.
built the binaries to support a general system type like i586.
packaged them.
(Slackware uses tgz which is really tar.gz so you can tar and gzip then and it would be the same.)
given the bootable CD support for extracting them. (You need to have the programs like tar and gzip installed on the CD.)

Thoughs are the basics as I understand.